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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Japan| > JA87081
Japan, Echigo Province, Takada, 1637 - 1640, Ko Kanei Tsuho
|Japan|, |Japan,| |Echigo| |Province,| |Takada,| |1637| |-| |1640,| |Ko| |Kanei| |Tsuho|, In 1636, the Tokugawa shogunate introduced official Kanei Tsuho coins to standardize copper coins and maintain a sufficient coin supply. Failure to accept the coins at the designated value of 4,000 to one ryo of gold was punishable by fines and ten days imprisonment and everyone in the village of the offender would also be punished. Needless to say the new coins were quickly accepted. The first issues, called Ko Kanei (Old Kanei), were minted from 1636 until 1668. Production was on a contract basis and a tax was payable in proportion to the quantity produced. The calligraphy on these earliest Kanei Tsuho was very consistent and no mintmarks were used, but some types can be attributed to specific mints by slight variations. Shin Kanei (New Kanei) were cast from 1668 until at least 1869. The later coins had much greater variation in calligraphy and frequently included mintmarks.
JA87081. Copper 1 mon, Old Kanei; Hartill EJC 4.25; Masuo Kanei 320; SCWC KM 5, VF, light bumps and marks, Echigo Province, Takada mint, weight 3.861g, maximum diameter 24.5mm, 1637 - 1640; obverse kan ei tsu ho, ho leans to the left and right foot of ho nearly touches the corner of the hole; reverse plain; SOLD










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